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On a campus where rainbow flags decorate fraternities and where both a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT ) Center and a Rainbow House exist to make LGBT students feel at home, it can be all too easy to slip into oblivion about the often-harsh climate just outside the Tufts bubble. But a new website has made braving and navigating that outside world a much easier task for the LGBT community.

In an attempt to create a system that will allow gays and their allies to rank businesses and leaders on a scale from extremely homophobic to extremely gay-friendly, Travis Lowry (LA ’10) has teamed up with his friend Conor Clary to create RainbowChronicle. com. The website, which launched on Jan. 11, is intended to provide usergenerated content that calls attention to the actions and practices of people and organizations, from elementary schools to dive bars to celebrities and everything in between. “It’s very difficult to find a single resource that describes the voting record of a politician,� Lowry, the site’s president and chief executive officer, said. “In the manner that Yelp

is an extremely good site for finding good restaurants because there are so many reviews, we hope that people, when voting, will think that gay rights are important and look at the site to decide how the politician stands.�

While the site contains information and ratings on issues and people at a macro-level — such as on presidential candidates — it also allows users to scope out and grade local businesses and organizations with which people may interact on a regular basis. “It you have a gay child who wants to sign up for a soccer league, you can look and see if any of them have particularly bad records for how they deal with gay kids,� Lowry said. “What we hope is that this becomes a very reliable source in which businesses and people respond to gay rights.�

Lowry conceived the site in the wake of a recent high-profile rash of suicides among LGBT youth nationwide. Rainbow Chronicle, Lowry said, was inspired largely by the web-based It Gets Better Project, through which gay adults aim to prevent suicide among their adolescent counterparts.

As a group, gay adolescents are statistically considered far more likely to commit suicide than heterosexual see LGBT, page 2

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Senior Vice President for University Advancement Brian Lee, who has worked at Tufts for twenty-five years, will leave at the end of next month to assume his new position as vice president for development and institute relations at the California Institute of Technology.

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A geothermal well outside of Lane Hall will use the natural heat beneath the Earth’s surface to heat and cool a classroom in Lane Hall.

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The Department of Geology and the Facilities Services Department have partnered to install a geothermal well which will be used to heat and cool a classroom in Lane Hall.

The heat exchange unit — which is located outside of Lane Hall, where there is already a deep observation well for geology courses — will serve as an educational opportunity for students interested in geology, according to Professor of Geology Grant Garven,

who spearheaded the project.

Garven, who has several observation wells throughout campus that he uses in his courses, wanted to transform this observation well into a geothermal well so that his students could learn more about geothermal heating and cooling. “I’m doing this because I wanted to show students how geologists and hydrologists use these wells to characterize the earth,� Garven said.

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Inside this issue

Senior Vice President for Advancement Brian Lee will leave Tufts at the end of next month to assume his new position as vice president for development and institute relations at the California Institute of Technology.

Since 2002, Lee has been responsible for fundraising, alumni relations, and advancement communications and services for the entire university.

University President Anthony Monaco announced last month that he has appointed Executive Director of Development Eric Johnson as acting vice president for university Advancement beginning in March.

Lee’s position at Caltech is effective April 1. “The invitation to lead and shape the advancement operation of an institution such as Caltech represents a truly extraordinary professional opportunity,� Lee told his Tufts colleagues in an email.

Among Lee’s contributions to the university was his leadership of Beyond Boundaries: The Campaign for Tufts, a university fundraising campaign that concluded last June after reaching its goal of $1.2 billion. Despite a challenging economic period, the campaign was the largest fundraising effort in university history.

Lee was also responsible for leading the Tufts Tomorrow campaign, which concluded in 2002 and raised $609 million for the university.

Director of Public Relations Kim Thurler said that Lee was an essential part of Tufts’ financial advancement as a university.

“He built a really strong advancement organization and operation over the years,� she said. “I think Tufts really expanded its capabilities over the last 15-20 years — much more professional, capable organizations than in the past.�

Lee joined the university in 1986 as associate director of development at the School of Veterinary Medicine and in 1987 became the school’s director of development.

He also became assistant dean for resources in 1992. In 1995, he was appointed director of development for the entire university, and in 1999 he was named vice president for development He has held his title as senior vice president for university advancement since 2002.

According to Thurler, Lee gained valuable experience in advancement activities during his nine years at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. “He was very instrumental in reaching goals at the [Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine], which is the only vet school in New England, so that’s a real accomplishment,� Thurler said.

In an email to his colleagues, Lee reflected on his twenty-five years at Tufts. “In 1986, I first arrived at Tufts’ Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine to begin work as a development officer, seeking philanthropic support for the School’s extraordinary programs and students, alongside the dean and faculty,� he said in the email. “Nine years passed with the blink of the eye, and I found myself in Medford/ Somerville, promoting the excellence of see LEE, page 2

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“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close� would be a lot more poignant if it didn’t try so hard to elicit tears.

Eleven players got in on the scoring for Tufts, as the women’s basketball team routed Emmanuel College.

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adolescents. “I thought we could take the power of the Internet and user-generated reviews, and instead of telling people that it will eventually get better in the future, we could use the Internet to make it better now [by shedding] light on businesses and leaders who are accepting, and also [by drawing] attention to people who are ignorant, to really draw a roadmap for people,�

Lowry said.

One of the site’s features is a heatmapping system — previously used only in military applications — which allows users to quickly zoom in on their local communities based on the aforementioned user-generated ratings.

Leaders, places and events are listed on the “Rainbow Map� with scores from -5, or very hostile toward gays, to +5, defined as extremely gay friendly.

The color scheme depicts a +5 as bright green, and a -5 as bright red, and uses relative shades for everything in between.

For example, Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney is listed under a location in Boston, and has a rating of -1.0 (based on 3 reviews at press time), so he appears as a yellowish-orange triangle.

Ratings under the “Leaders� cat-

egory are based on an aggregate of individual user opinion of four criteria: voting record, publicly stated views on LGBT issues, inclusion of LGBT constituents and/or employees and the user’s personal experience with the leader.

Of more immediate value for users, specific businesses — including Davis Square staples such as Dave’s Fresh Pasta and Boston Burger Company, which have been rated on the site — can be scored in categories like popularity among the LGBT community.

Despite the hot-button topics addressed by user comments and ratings, the founders of Rainbow Chronicle stressed the importance of maintaining the site as professional and safe for work rather than an as ideological battleground. “What we want to emphasize is not fighting extremism with extremism,�

Clary, the site’s chief operating officer, said. “We want to keep [the site] as rational and logical as possible and maintain a distance from being militant on any side.�

In order to qualify as safe for work, the site is constantly being checked for graphic images or lewd comments. “We’ve got a method for users to flag things that are not safe for work, and we make sure that if someone submits a link to obscene images we’ll tag that,� junior Jack Carter, who has

worked with Lowry and Clary on the site’s development, said. “If we miss anything, then other users can flag it and bring it to our attention. We don’t allow any kind of obscene images on the website,�

Carter said.

Carter emphasized the site’s goal of serving and informing the population at large rather than solely focusing on a niche of LGBT individuals. “It definitely caters towards gay students, although it does have info that would be interesting to straight allies of the gay community. It’s not just about gay locations, like gay bars. It’s also got a news section, so that anyone who’s interested with keeping up with progress in the gay movement can find it there,� he said.

While still a fledgling project, Rainbow Chronicle was featured on MTV’s Voices website, and its creators have high hopes for the future, although they are well aware of the challenges that are likely to encumber them. For one, businesses may not take kindly to being featured on the website. “We know that when people are going to be called homophobic, they’re going to have a problem with us,� Lowry said. “We’re OK with that as long as it’s accurate. We just want to represent it in the most respectful and academic way that we can.�

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all of Tufts’ schools to our alumni, parents and friends. I had the pleasure to lead two successful campaigns, and in doing so, another sixteen years passed quickly.�

He added that the move will bring him and his wife closer to family members in Pasadena, Calif., where Caltech is located.

Monaco commended Lee on his various fundraising accomplishments during his tenure on the Hill. “For 25 years, Brian has been a tremendous asset to Tufts,� Monaco wrote in an email to the Daily. “His vision was critical to the success of two capital campaigns, including the recent $1.2 billion Beyond Boundaries campaign. “Brian and his team secured resourc-

es to support the student experience in countless ways, from financial aid to recruitment of world-class educators and researchers to new facilities on all of our campuses,� he added.

Thurler said Lee’s university advancement team will continue to thrive after his departure, thanks to his success in recruiting colleagues. “[Lee’s] professional and personal qualities have been a great combination,�

Thurler said. “As he was building the Tufts advancement team, we were very lucky that he attracted someone like Eric Johnson, who will be acting vice president after Brian leaves. We’re very fortunate we have someone like that to step into the role of acting vice president and just a deep bench of advancement talent we can call on in the future,� Thurler said.

Caltech is looking forward to Lee’s presence on its campus, according to a press release. “Brian is a sought-after leader in his industry for his visionary approach, innovative thinking, thoughtful advice and masterful team-building skills; all characteristics that matched very well with our own impressions of him,� Bill Davidow, chair of the Caltech Board of Trustees’ development committee, said in a press release last month.

Lee said he is honored and ready to take on his new position at Caltech, but will remember Tufts as a solid foundation for his career. “Although I am excited and energized about my new role, I will leave Tufts with a heavy heart,� he told his colleagues in an email.

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and has not faced any major obstacles, according to Director of Facilities Services Bob Burns.

“We hope to have the unit fully operational by January 31,” he told the Daily in an email.

Geothermal wells use the energy and heat below the Earth’s crust to naturally heat water.

“The whole idea is to use the Earth as a repository for excess heat or to extract heat from the earth,” Garven said. “It’s all about energy transfer.”

The heat exchange unit works by using the cold air outside to cool water in the heat exchange unit, Garven said.

The cooled water is then pumped about 500 feet underground in a pipe.

The surrounding ground warms the water as it descends, and the warmed water is then pumped back up to the surface, where the heat pump uses a series of compressions to warm air.

The warmed air is then pumped into a classroom through normal furnace blowers. In the summer, this system is reversed to cool warm air.

The ground temperature in this part of New England is between 52 degrees and 55 degrees, Garven said, and it remains

fairly constant year round.

Funding for the geothermal heat exchange unit came from the Facilities Services Department’s energy reserve account, according to Burns.

“The installation of the heat exchanger, trenching lines from the well to Lane Hall, sheet metal work plus the installation cost about $35,000,” Burns said.

Drilling the well cost under $10,000, according to Garven.

The well is intended primarily for educational purposes.

“We see this as a continuing education opportunity where the [Facilities Services Department] team ‘learns’ more about the potential of geothermal and its potential on campus,” Burns said. “Additionally, we have a working system that students and faculty can observe and evaluate.”

Students in Geology 133, Field Methods in Hydrogeology, which Garven teaches, gain hands-on experience working with the well. According to the course description, the students will learn “basic field methods to understand how monitoring and production wells are planned and drilled, and what types of geologic, geophysical, and geochemical data can be gathered for subsurface flow systems.”

While a larger-scale geothermal heat exchange system could theoretically be used to save the university money on its heating and cooling bills, this unit will only service a single classroom in Lane Hall, providing minimal savings, according to Burns.

“For a building like [Lane Hall] or a dormitory like West Hall, you would have to have twenty of these,” Garven said.

Burns added that the project has forged a working relationship between the Department of Geology and the Facilities Services Department.

“The project has fostered a great working relationship between [the Department of Geology] and [the Facilities Department],” Burns said.

“John Martignetti, [maintenance supervisor and project manager], was responsible for delivering a working system. He delivered the project on time and under budget.”

The project has generated interest among geology students as well as engineers interested in the mechanics of the heat exchange unit.

“I think it would be very exciting to learn about geothermal heating/ cooling and to work with the well in a course,” said Anna Lello-Smith, a sophomore who has taken several

Campus Comment ǯ

“I thought that [the address] was very positive. Whether or not it reflects the true state of the union is unclear.”

“I’m a huge Obama fan, but I thought the plans he talked about and the committees that he is going to form will probably not do much.”

—William Hutchings, junior

—Megan Clark, sophomore

“The positions that [Obama] took were clearly to set himself up for the election, which I found very interesting.”

“Although the President knows how to speak eloquently and utilize his strengths to his advantage, he did not provide as much substance as the American people would like to hear.”

—Michael Fitzgerald, freshman —Brian Yi, sophomore

geology courses.

“As someone who is concerned about energy-related environmental issues, “ Lello-Smith said, “I’m interested in learning about the benefits and drawbacks of this kind of heat exchange system. I would like to know more about the mechanics of the well and how geothermal energy could be implemented on a larger scale, both on campus and in general.”

Geothermal technology is environmentally friendly, reducing energy use from heating and cooling. It is becoming more popular as environmental sustainability becomes a growing concern.

“There is a lot of interest in trying to take advantage of technologies like this. Many schools and institutions are exploring this,” Garven said. “The big difference here is that you’re not burning gas or oil.”

Geothermal heating and cooling, however, has its downsides, according to Garven. The heat pump runs on electricity, and many units would be required to heat or cool a sizeable building, representing a large initial investment.

“It’s a trade-off,” he said. “There’s a lot of energy you have to put in to building these things.”

“As an international economist, I appreciate many of the economic policy proposals mentioned by the president, especially those about improving workers’ skills and knowledge and fostering innovation.”

—Enrico Spolaore, professor and Economics Department chair

“This was the first full State of the Union I ever watched, and I was pleasantly surprised that he had specific plans for doing things and not just empty rhetoric.”

—Alyssa Hatch, freshman

“I appreciate that he came out aggressively and laid down what he wants to do, because as a liberal, I’ve been looking for him to be more firm and show more backbone.”

—Rithwik Hari, freshman

“I liked the ‘With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk’ joke.”

“I like that he took a stronger stance against Republican obstructionism, but I doubt that a lot of the bills he explicitly called for will ever cross his desk.”

—David Bass, sophomore

—Robert Collins, freshman

“[Obama] did a good job of looking at the problems that have come up in the last decade that need to be addressed and focusing heavily on how to resolve these problems.”

—Albert Nichols, junior

“The best part was the person booing Obama’s proposal for a ban against insider trading by members of the House. Good to know that’s a controversial issue.”

—Ketan Kumar, sophomore

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Extremely Loud’ is extremely melodramatic BY

ZACH DRUCKER

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When a film conveys true sentiment to the extent that viewers are compelled to emit emotional responses of their own,

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman Directed by Stephen Daldry that film has succeeded as each viewer understands a movie through his own unique perspective. Consequently, dramatic directors often have trouble developing stories with which all viewers can sympathize. Director Stephen Daldry eschews poignancy and authenticity in his film “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” as he instead elects to manipulate viewers with recurring reminders of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Extremely Loud” follows a socially inept but fantastically smart young boy named Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn).

Though frequently shy and cripplingly idiosyncratic, Oskar finds solace in bonding with his father, Thomas (Tom Hanks), a jeweler who stimulates his son’s creativity by sending him on daring “expeditions” throughout New York City. Yet Oskar’s intimate bond with his father hinders his personal development as he finds it difficult to connect with outsiders, including his mother (Sandra Bullock). On a day that seems like any other, Oskar returns home early from

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‘Extremely Loud’ relies too heavily on tragedy of 9/11 to succeed as an artistic work. school to find the answering machine full of messages from a disoriented, yet reassuring, Thomas. After switching on the news, Oskar learns the agonizing truth: Thomas Schell is one of thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Following an internal coping period in which Oskar is physically unable to enter his father’s closet, Oskar musters up the courage to peruse his father’s belongings. Among them he finds a blue vase that, upon crashing on the floor, reveals a mysterious envelope labeled “Black.”

Inside the envelope is an ordinary key, which Oskar believes may open some sort of doorway into his father’s past.

Oskar’s mission to uncover his father’s final mystery becomes a journey of selfdiscovery as he resolves to meet and cross-examine every person in New York City with the surname “Black.”

Though over ten years have passed since Sept. 11, 2001, the harrowsee LOUD, page 6

ALBUM REVIEW

‘Two-­‐Timin’’ is proof that blues will never die BY

MELISSA MACEWEN Daily Editorial Board

Boogie is back, and Alek Razdan And The A-Train Orchestra are here to tell you all about it. Their new album, “Two-

Two Timin’ Alek Razdan And The A-Train Orchestra

ASR Records Timin’,” showcases a wide variety of 1950s rhythm-and-blues classics, along with a title track written by Razdan himself and a track, “A-Train Boogie,” written by the entire band. With rapid-fire precision, the band races through both old songs and new with unbridled enthusiasm, all the while proving that boogieing will never go out of style.

“Two-Timin’” starts off strong, launching immediately into “Jumbo,” a grooving, sax-driven song whose infectious energy is a great introduction to the LP. The album then moves into “Mellow Saxophone,” an — unsurprisingly — mellower track whose sultry feel offsets the opening track nicely.

Instead of maintaining its frenetic energy throughout the album, the band wisely chooses to intersperse upbeat songs with more serene ones that would do well as slow dances. For example, the third track, “Sleepwalk,” is a waltz-like striptease of a number that complements its blues rockdriven successor, “Backstroke,” nicely, while the brooding “September Song” features a delicate interplay of sax and guitar.

The album slows often enough to give listeners — or dancers — a break, but these interludes never detract from the strength

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Alek Razdan And The A-Train Orchestra show the young know how to swing. of the album as a whole.

Still, the album is best at its wildest, with the band’s most notable performances found later on tracks like the call-andresponse “Walking With Mr. Lee” or the frenetic “Cat Scream.” The latter song’s mood and unapologetic transitions showcase the band’s unity and technical skill while also giving Razdan ample time to solo. Razdan’s own song, “Two-Timin’,” is also a highlight that follows surprisingly well from the silky see TIMIN’, page 6

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TV REVIEW

‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ concludes with all-­‐too-­‐ real tragedy, leaving viewers wanting more introspection BY

BRIONNA JIMERSON

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Every so often, a reality show reminds us that we’re all human regardless of the

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Starring Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, Dana Wilkey, Adrienne Maloof

Airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Bravo amount of plastic or toxins we have shoved into our bodies.

This season of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, try as it may to wrap itself up neatly, still stung with very real tragedy, including a cast mate’s husband’s death and a drug and alcohol problem revisited.

Though it was a season finale, the looming sense of finality for

the women seemed misplaced and pregnant with uncertainty, as Bravo is currently considering replacing several Housewife cast members.

Cast member Russell Armstrong’s August 2011 suicide took a backseat to the final episode, which chronicled the wedding of Lisa Vanderpump’s only daughter, Pandora, in the Vanderpump backyard.

But we’re not talking your typical backyard wedding with a barbecue pit, picnic tables and charmingly quaint mason jars full of lemonade — oh, no. Kevin “Chi-chi-chi” Lee, a seasoned Beverly Hills event planner, most likely took the Vanderpumps to the cleaners to arrange an all-you-can-pink event complete with a massive tent on the tennis court and enough flowers tucked in nooks and crannies to incite a bee orgy. Hopefully they gave out Allegra in the guest gift bags.

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Drug use and a daughter’s wedding pepper ‘Housewives’ with predictable drama.

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“September Song” into a catchy, upbeat sax number with a throbbing baseline.

The album also includes a perfunctory, but appreciated, love song: “Looking Back.” Lyrics like “I was looking back to see/ If she was looking back to see/ If I was looking back at her” charm while the rare vocals add another dimension to the music. The song’s surf-rock guitar melds seamlessly with the ever-dominant sax to produce one of the album’s catchiest tracks. The album also ends on a high note, with the cheerful “A-Train Boogie.”

The track tidily rounds out the album as it bookends with opener “Jumbo.”

Overall, the band’s new music is very good, but most impressive is just how contemporary its members manage to make their performances feel. The album almost never feels dated, despite having its roots deep in blues history. It is also worth noting that, musical finesse aside, front man Razdan is not just another professional jazz musician. The bespectacled musician is a

mere freshman at Tufts University.

Furthermore, “Two-Timin’” is his third album with The A-Train Orchestra, which includes his father, Rikki Razdan — not bad for someone who hasn’t even decided on a major. Alek Razdan possesses a musical maturity found infrequently in men twice his age, whether it shows itself as he screams through a solo on “Cloudburst” or when he bluesily saunters through “Lonely Island.” His confident playing and singing energize the album and complement the rest of the band gracefully. He is even lauded by Whoopi Goldberg and drummer David Robinson of The Cars.

Alek Razdan and his orchestra prove that blues music will never die; it is just as easy to dance to this album as it would have been sixty years ago. Whether in a ’50s dance hall or a Quentin Tarantino movie, this is party music through and through, as the album struts and rocks for its 41-minute duration. The music is engaging but not overbearing, and its technical composition never gets in the way of its appeal. Put on your dancing shoes and grab a date!

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‘Extremely Loud’s’ charm is buried beneath excessive melodrama.

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Although he is the youngest member of the group, Alek Razdan shows immense talent.

ing memory of the attacks endures.

Americans of different generations can all recall that fateful day, down to the minutiae of where they were when it happened and what they were doing. All will be forever affected by the suddenness of the attacks, which exposed life as inherently fragile and indiscriminately unjust.

In “Extremely Loud,” Daldry relies on the inherent sorrow induced by recollections of Sept. 11 to elicit viewer reactions and sympathy. But the film would be better served by furthering the viewers’ understanding of the relationship between Oskar and his father.

Director Daldry toys with his audience’s emotions, evoking disturbing images of the attacks, including a rendering of the smoldering Twin Towers and a particularly haunting — but fleeting — image of Thomas Schell plunging downward from one hundred stories. Yet the film is overly dramatic, as audiences are hardpressed to identify a single character — whether in a lead role or in the ensemble — who is not pictured sobbing silently or bawling outright at some point during the film.

The disjointed structure of the film simply adds to its somber theme, as any one sincere moment may be supplanted by a jarring return to Sept.

11 and its devastating consequences.

The tone is consistent throughout, and Daldry provides little relief for his emotionally tormented viewers.

One notable fountain of relief is the appearance of Oskar’s newfound friend, a wizened man simply known as “The Renter” (Max von Sydow). Von Sydow — who garnered an Oscar nomination for his role in the film — does his best impression of the similarly acclaimed “The Artist,” playing a mute whose only forms of communication are scribbling quips on a notepad and gesticulating emotively with his expressive eyebrows and wide mouth. The back and forth of the rambling Oskar and the taciturn Renter inject much-needed humor and normalcy into the film.

Despite the dismal ambiance that characterizes “Extremely Loud,” the message at the film’s core is touching. In his attempts to find himself and honor his father, Oskar acquires a newfound appreciation for human life. “Extremely Loud” exalts the everyman as not only a necessary contributor to society, but a unique vehicle for love and happiness.

Most viewers, however, will find the film’s ultimate payoff a paltry concession considering the melancholy content that occupies the better part of the two-hour film.

Thus, Daldry’s testament to family and life itself never truly captivates audiences; instead, it picks incessantly at a wound that, for most Americans, has not yet fully healed.

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making since early in the season, occupying much of Lisa’s plotline along with the opening of her latest restaurant venture, SUR Lounge.

Throughout the episode, Lisa buzzed around her massive mansion, commanding contractors and decorators and fretting obsessively.

All of the Housewives were reportedly invited to the Vanderpump wedding, but onetime friends of the housewives, Dana Wilkey and Brandi Glanville (not official Housewives, more hangerson than anything else) were missing from the final episode, as were Taylor Armstrong and Kim Richards, the sister of cast member Kyle Richards.

For the past few episodes, since Kim began dragging her boyfriend Ken around, the cameras have hinted at a drug dependency issue with Kim, chronicling her increasingly tense relationship with Kyle and noting her slurred speech and questionably intense regimen of antidepressants and anxiety pills.

Glanville called Kim out in an episode for her disheveled appearance and strange behavior, labeling her a “druggie,” and eliciting strong reactions from Kyle in Kim’s defense. In December, Kim confirmed our suspicions by checking into a drug rehabilitation clinic and promptly dumping the sleazy Ken, whom she claimed had been emotionally and verbally abusive toward her.

And then there’s Kyle. The season finale didn’t see much of this Richards sister, for better or worse. Throughout the

season, Kyle has found herself “in the middle of the drama” on countless occasions, all the while declaring to the world how much she “hates drama and confusion.” Maybe a change in social circle is in order?

Camille Grammer, freshly divorced and still in the thick of custody and financial battles with her (Hollywood and Broadway star) ex-husband, Kelsey Grammer, was painted by the show as decidedly silent on most issues, and appeared to be “along for the ride.”

It wasn’t until Taylor Armstrong denied the abuses of her husband (after telling each of the cast mates, on separate occasions, of the desperation of her situation) that Camille sprang to life.

Promptly thereafter, Russell reportedly threatened Camille via email with a lawsuit for speaking against him, and potentially endangering him.

Cue Camille climbing back into her well-decorated shell.

Camille successfully sidestepped much of the season’s drama by smiling sweetly with a closed mouth.

Camille’s number-one on the show, cast member Adrienne Maloof, of the Maloof Family fortune (including some random, shabby hotel in Las Vegas called The Palms — ever heard of it?), inserted her raspyvoiced self into countless conversations and confrontations at the end of the season, many of them having little or nothing to do with her. In the season finale, she danced the night away at Pandora’s wedding.

After nearly an hour spent accounting the celebration, the hustle and bustle died

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As the drama continues, the housewives feel more real than ever before. down. Bravo messily tried to wrap up the episode with what felt more like a series finale than a season finale: a girls’ day brunch featuring all of the housewives (sans Kim) as they delicately addressed the topics of Taylor’s husband’s recent suicide and Kim’s substance abuse.

Taylor had been absent from both the Vanderpump wedding

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and other group outings, and for good reason: the death of her husband rendered her a single parent to their young daughter.

After a season spent dissecting her crumbling relationship with her husband, Taylor announced she was leaving him shortly before his suicide.

For the first time ever, this reality show felt “real” — Well,

as real is it could possibly get— and you could see the heartbreak behind Taylor’s eyes.

However, with only three minutes of introspection at the end of the episode allotted for this interaction, it seems the episode would have been better served by being titled “The Real Wedding of a Beverly Hills Restaurateur’s Daughter.”

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Saints come marching in, Jumbos send them packing Women earn seventh 30-­‐plus point win of the season, extend streak to five BY

ZACHEY KLIGER

Daily Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team cruised to its fifth straight win and 16th in 17 games, crushing Emmanuel College 73-35 Tuesday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (5-1 NESCAC, 16-3 Overall) Cousens Gym, Tuesday Emmanuel Tufts

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night in Cousens Gym. The Jumbos established an early lead and never took their foot off the gas, holding the Saints to their lowest point total on record.

After Tufts jumped out to an early 12-4 lead, a three-pointer from sophomore guard Liz Moynihan sparked an 18-0 explosion that expanded the margin to 30-4. The Saints managed a 9-4 spurt before halftime, and at intermission the Jumbos led 34-13.

But Emmanuel never came within 20 points, and Tufts continued to pour it on after the break. The Jumbos outscored the Saints 18-6 in the final nine minutes, sealing their seventh 30-plus point victory of the season.

Junior co-captain forward Bre Dufault led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Freshman guard Kelsey Morehead also had a solid performance, finishing with 13 points and three assists.

Meanwhile, senior guard Tiffany Kornegay did a bit of everything, contributing four points, five assists, five steals and seven rebounds.

“I really like where we are right now, but hopefully we haven’t even hit our peak,” tenth-year coach Carla Berube said. “I think we are still getting better and playing with a chip on our shoulder.”

Against Emmanuel, the Jumbos went 11-for-19 on three-pointers, outscored the Saints 32-18 in the paint and dominated the boards 50-35. All 11 Jumbos who played scored, and four players had eight or more points. The squad knows that when everysee WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 10

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Freshman guard Kelsey Morehead had 13 points in Tuesday’s win and ranks third on the Jumbos with 7.2 points per game this season.

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Boston College soars past Tufts for third straight year Rood, sophomores deliver first-­‐place finishes, limiting margin to 20 points BY

NATE BAILEY

Daily Staff Writer

The men’s swimming and diving team lost a dual meet at Boston College on Tuesday

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by a score of 193-173, marking the third straight year the Eagles have sunk the Jumbos.

“It was really a lesson on how to perform under lessthan-ideal conditions,” said senior co-captain Owen Rood, who won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.24 seconds, one of three Tufts victories. “It was the middle of the week, at night, and we have just begun to taper in preparation for the [conference] championships in the coming weeks.”

Tufts’ other first-place performances came from sophomores Craig Olynyk — who took first in the 50-yard backstroke in 26.53 seconds — and Johann Schmidt, who won the 3-meter dive.

The Jumbos started strong, with sophomores Christian Jones and Andrew Berman teaming up with seniors Rood and Brandon Ching to place second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:39.57.

Sophomore Kyle Savidge and senior Lou Tamposi also had strong showings in their distance races. Savidge finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:09.47, and Tamposi placed third in the 500 free with a time of 5:00.55.

“Seeing the distance kids muscle through their 1,000s and 500s, after how I felt after my 50 [freestyle], was really impressive,” Rood said.

In the 200-yard butterfly, freshmen Kevin Kozikowski, Mike Napolitano and Ian Dinwoodie finished third through fifth, respectively. see MEN’S SWIMMING, page 11

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Sophomore Kyle Savidge excelled in the 1,000-yard freestyle, touching the wall in second place at 10:09.47.

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With Giants vs. Patriots, a super-­‐sized rematch BY

ALEX ARTHUR

Senior Staff Writer

In each round of this postseason, fans have been granted the spectacular.

From Tebowmania dispatching the Pittsburgh Steelers in dramatic overtime fashion during the Wild Card round,to Alex Smith’s rebirth against the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round, America celebrated the triumph of underdogs and adored the ascension of much-criticized individuals.

But oh, how sports can be cruel.

With the despondency of fans in San Francisco and Baltimore, America witnessed a much more debauched sense of the spectacular in the Conference Championship Round.

Now, two professional athletes will forever be remembered for their respective blunders.

Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff and San Francisco 49ers wide receiver/punt returner Kyle Williams will likely be vilified for the rest of their lives. Cundiff’s missed gametying field goal attempt at the end of regulation and Williams’ two fumbles are the only images from these two games that will be recycled for years to come. The theater provided by Cundiff and Williams has gone so far as to take the spotlight off a more pressing issue — that, after two weekends of awesome football, this past Sunday’s games were exceedingly sloppy.

To put it bluntly, the Patriots won a football game in which they played like the secondbest team. The Ravens deserved to win, and their 23-20 defeat is only made worse by the manner in which they lost.

Baltimore’s defense made Tom Brady look uncomfortable the entire game, as he threw two interceptions against zero touchdowns, while missing open receivers — including an overthrow on a would-be touchdown pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski.

So how did the Pats manage to return to the Super Bowl? They benefited from timid Baltimore play-calling — most egregiously, kicking a field goal on 4th-and-1 from New

England’s 3-yard line — as well as two huge miscues by men not named Cundiff: Joe Flacco overthrew an open wideout Torrey Smith in the end zone, and Lee Evans dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass.

Numerous members of the Ravens organization, both in the coaching staff and on the field, could have taken the fall for their loss, but the last play will be the longest-lasting.

New England handed Baltimore the game, who in turn handed it back. No Patriots fan should feel confident about their team after that game.

Across the country, in San Francisco, the 49ers and Giants produced their own weird struggle, the difference being that Giants fans should feel proud of their team after this past weekend.

Although the Giants needed Williams’ pair of fumbles to achieve victory, their effort and resiliency put them in position to take advantage of San Francisco’s blunders. It wasn’t pretty, however, as Eli Manning threw 58 times for over 300 yards, and New York needed overtime just to score 20 points. Of those 20 points, 10 came from Williams’ fumbled punt returns, which resulted in extraordinary field position for the Giants.

On the other side of the ball, the Giants’ defensive front showed yet again why it is so dominant, and the Niners struggled to find any groove on offense. Outside of two touchdown passes to tight end Vernon Davis, Smith looked lost as he completed just one pass to a wide receiver all game. While the 49ers’ passing game is nothing compared to the Patriots’, the Giants showed against the Green Bay Packers that their defense can wreak havoc on any offense, no matter how prestigious the opposing quarterback.

The Giants did to the 49ers what the Ravens should have done to the Patriots, in the second of two games that were very similar up to their conclusions. see INSIDE THE NFL, page 11

NESCAC NOTEBOOK

With easy remaining schedule, Amherst women in position to run the table Each week, the staff at NESCAC Insider, the Tufts Daily’s NESCAC blog, will compile a roundup of the top news throughout Div. III’s top conference. For more up-to-the-minute analysis and comprehensive coverage of the NESCAC, visit blogs.tuftsdaily.com/nescacinsider or follow @NESCACInsider on Twitter.

Women’s Basketball | Lords of the Land Undefeated, defending national champion Amherst survived a scare last weekend, needing a layup with 18 seconds left from senior Caroline Stedman to outlast Colby, 51-50, and give coach G.P. Gromacki his 300th career victory.

The Lord Jeffs had a much easier time dispatching a reeling Williams unit on Wednesday, bumping their winning streak to 37 games dating back to Jan. 11 of last season with an 80-58 rout over the Ephs.

Stedman, who was named to the D3hoops.com team of the week, is averaging a team-high 13.9 points per game for a top-ranked Amherst squad that leads the NESCAC in points for, points against, rebounds, steals and blocked shots. Four players rank in the top 25 in the conference in scoring, including freshman forward Megan Robertson, who averages 11.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game off the bench.

Sitting comfortably in first place, Amherst has just one remaining NESCAC game against a team with a winning inconference record. That game is at Tufts on Feb. 4 and could very well decide the regular season title and top spot in the conference tournament.

For more on the Lord Jeffs’ start and on Middlebury men’s basketball, one of two undefeated men’s teams in all of college hoops, visit the NESCAC Insider blog online.

Ice Hockey | Colby struggling in close games In the battle for the eighth and final seed in the NESCAC men’s ice hockey tournament, Colby firmly controls its own destiny. The Mules are trailing Conn. College by three points and Hamilton by four, and they play both squads this week.

As columnist Tim Costello pointed out in his weekly NESCAC wrap on USCHO. com, eight of Colby’s 13 losses this season have been by one goal. The Mules’ paltry 2-for-54 performance on the power play isn’t helping matters.

On the women’s side, Amherst scored a huge upset at home over top-ranked and defending national champs Norwich, who entered riding a 14-game unbeaten streak.

Lord Jeffs goalie Sinead Murphy had 30 saves for her seventh-ranked squad, which became the first team to shut out Norwich since Dec. 6, 2009.

Quick hits The following athletes were named NESCAC Players of the Week: Bates sophomore G Luke Matarazzo (men’s basketball), Amherst senior G Caroline Stedman (women’s basketball), Bowdoin sophomore GK Steve Messina (men’s ice hockey), Williams freshman GK Chloe Billadeau (women’s ice hockey), Bates senior Tom Boniface (men’s swimming and diving) and Conn. College sophomore Julia Peilock (women’s swimming and diving).

In D3baseball.com’s preseason national top 25, Tufts was the only ranked NESCAC team, coming in at No. 24. Amherst received five votes.

Trinity Associate Head Football Coach Lewis Acquarulo was named the New England Div. II/III Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. Acquarulo is the Bantams’ defensive coordinator, managing inside linebackers and the kicking game.

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Super Bowl blackout? TV dispute could prevent Tufts students from watching the big game With the biggest game in professional football less than 10 days away and excitement building for the rematch between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, fans in the Boston area — including those at Tufts — are growing increasingly concerned that they may not be able to watch the game at all. A feud between DirecTV and local NBC affiliates could make it impossible to watch the Super Bowl on the satellite service, which serves the Tufts campus (including the Mayer Campus Center) and over 200,000 subscribers in greater Boston.

The dispute surfaced on January 15, when DirecTV and Sunbeam Television, the owner of local NBC affiliate WHDH-TV, could not come to an agreement over “retransmission consent fees,” namely the money that satellite and cable operators pay to carry stations over their airwaves.

Since that date, students on the Tufts campus and DirecTV subscribers throughout WHDH’s territory have been unable to watch NBC at all, seeing a blacked out screen if they turn

to the channel.

But with the Super Bowl drawing over 160 million viewers last year, becoming the most-watched U.S. television program ever in the process, it seems unthinkable that the deadlock could be upheld when kickoff rolls around — especially in the heart of Pats country. Yet the possibility is real enough that the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, including Sens. John Kerry (D) and Scott Brown (R), has sent letters urging the two sides to settle their differences in time for the Feb. 5 showdown.

One possibility is for the sides to reach a short-term, one-day deal to lift the blackout, similar to the one that allowed viewers to watch last week’s NFC Championship game on Sunbeam’s Miami Fox affiliate.

Otherwise, Tufts students will need to watch NBC’s online stream of the game, or go off campus, to see Tom Brady and Bill Belichick win their fourth title or Eli Manning and the Giants shock New England again.

—by David McIntyre

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one plays at a high level, it is hard for other teams to keep up.

“The fact that everyone on our team scored last night shows the depth of talent on our team,” said freshman forward Hayley Kanner, who wrapped up eight rebounds and blocked three shots on Tuesday. “When one person is having an off night, there are other people to step in and fill the gaps.”

The team also put together yet another dominant defensive performance.

Tuesday’s contest marked the third straight game in which the Jumbos held their opponent to 35 points or fewer, as they finished with seven blocks and 14 steals and forced the Saints to shoot a dismal 26.9 percent.

“Regardless of what the score is during a game, we always try to come out with stifling defense and a ton of energy,” Kanner said. “When we are playing good defense, every other aspect of the game becomes easier.”

The Jumbos have carried the same defensive mentality with them all season long. Over the last three games — two of which came against NESCAC opponents Wesleyan and Conn. College — Tufts has allowed an average of 29.3 points per game.

On the season, opponents are averaging 44.1 points per game, and through Jan. 22 Tufts had the third-best scoring defense in all of Div. III. “When we talk about Tufts women’s basketball, we talk about defense,” Berube said. “We talk about making it hard for other teams to pass the ball, to shoot the ball, and to execute offensively. Then we crash the boards, which leads to easier offense for us.”

The Jumbos, who are now 16-3 overall and 5-1 in conference play, return to action on Saturday, when they will host NESCAC rival Bates. The Bobcats come into the matchup at just 8-10 overall — 2-4 against league foes — but the Jumbos will need to stay sharp as a Feb. 4 meeting with topranked, undefeated Amherst looms.

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NESCAC STANDINGS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Conference 1. Amherst (1) 2. Tufts 3. Conn. College 4. Bowdoin Colby Williams 7. Wesleyan 8. Bates 9. Trinity 10. Hamilton 11. Middlebury

5-0 5-1 4-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 2-4 1-4 1-5 0-5

Overall 18-0 16-3 14-3 13-5 13-3 16-3 11-5 8-10 6-9 7-10 5-11

MEN’S BASKETBALL Conference 1. Amherst (7) Middlebury (1) 3. Bates Tufts 5. Williams (13) 6. Wesleyan 7. Bowdoin Trinity 9. Colby 10. Hamilton 11. Conn. College

5-0 5-0 4-2 4-2 3-2 3-3 2-3 2-3 1-4 1-5 0-6

MEN’S HOCKEY Overall 16-2 17-0 10-7 12-5 15-4 14-5 12-5 10-8 6-11 11-8 6-12

Conference 1. Amherst (7) 2. Bowdoin Williams (12) 4. Middlebury 5. Tufts 6. Trinity Wesleyan 8. Hamilton 9. Conn. College 10. Colby

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Overall 12-3-1 11-4-2 10-2-4 7-7-2 7-7-1 7-7-1 9-6-1 7-8-1 4-10-2 3-13-0

All records and rankings are updated as of January 26.

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Eli Manning has passed for eight touchdowns and just one interception in this year’s playoffs.

Pats seek revenge after 2008 defeat INSIDE THE NFL

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Out of the previously four remaining teams, America has received the gift of a Super Bowl with the two that create the most marketable and potentially great matchup. Outside of a “Harbaugh Bowl” between Baltimore and San Francisco, a 2008 Super Bowl rematch was the most appealing.

What better narrative than Boston vs. New York, Brady and company seeking revenge for David Tyree’s “helmet catch,” and Manning’s quest to surpass his big brother with a second championship ring?

For now, though, Baltimore and San Francisco lament, while New England and New York prepare.

Check out the Daily next week for more indepth previews and analysis of Super Bowl XLVI.

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Then, in the final event of the evening, the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Jumbos placed second and third.

Freshman John Devine and classmate Will Parker paired up with Rood and sophomore Austin Wood for a second-place finish at 1:28.79, while sophomores Olynyk, Savidge and Andrew Turk joined senior Alex Strittmatter just behind their teammates at 1:31.01.

“I thought overall we did really well,” Devine said. “We’ve been going through a lot of training recently, and we swam really well. A lot of us had really strong times, and we definitely swam better than the times showed.”

The 20-point margin of defeat

was the smallest of Tufts’ losses to Boston College in the past three years. Looking forward, Rood is upbeat about what his team can accomplish.

“I’m proud of what we’ve done,” he said. “We’ve put the training in, but I don’t think we’ve performed at the level that I think we’re capable of. We’ve had some good swims and some bad swims so far this season, and I’m excited and hoping that we really bear down.”

Currently, the Jumbos are tapering down by swimming fewer yards at each practice as they begin to prepare for the NESCAC Championships, which will be held at the end of February.

As the team lightens its workouts, swimmers are able to focus on finer points that they might not have been

able to under more rigorous training schedules.

“We drop it down each day, the point being to prime your body and really get it nice and rested, but at the beginning your body usually feels kind of down,” Rood said.

“You can really focus on your turns, your strokes, on how much you sleep and what you eat. I think people are starting to do this now, and those dividends will start to pay off in the next week or so as we start to put extra focus on swimming,” he added.

Next up for the Jumbos is a trimeet against Wheaton and Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Jan. 28, followed by the Wheaton Invitational on Feb. 3-4.

The NESCAC Championships will be hosted by Williams College on the weekend of Feb. 24.

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